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Netanyahu: We’ll surround Israel with fences to ‘protect from predators’

Netanyahu: We’ll surround Israel with fences to ‘protect from predators’

Prime Minister says gov’t preparing multi-year plan to surround Israel with security fences ‘to protect ourselves in the Middle East as it is today.’ The… Read More ›

Man wounded in Gush Etzion stabbing; manhunt underway

Man wounded in Gush Etzion stabbing; manhunt underway

28-year-old man suffers moderate wounds at entrance to Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion; police searching for suspect. Tomer Ditur, 28, was stabbed in the head… Read More ›

Syrian refugees: The moral imperative and existential necessity

Syrian refugees: The moral imperative and existential necessity

Op-ed: As Jews, how should we respond to the human tragedy of Syria’s mass exodus? As Europe agonizes over the phenomenon, we have our own… Read More ›

Report: Iran hacked former IDF chief’s computer

Report: Iran hacked former IDF chief’s computer

According to Ch. 10 report, cyber hackers working for Iran have over the past year penetrated dozens of computers belonging to Israelis, markedly senior security… Read More ›

Europe synagogues up for sale as Jewish demographics change

Europe synagogues up for sale as Jewish demographics change

Three Jewish houses of worship in Ireland and Belgium were recently placed on the market.   Three synagogues in Ireland and Belgium have recently been… Read More ›

Victorious in New Hampshire, Sanders is first Jew to win presidential contest

Victorious in New Hampshire, Sanders is first Jew to win presidential contest

The self-described democratic socialist achieved the milestone nine days after earning a smaller one, when he became the first Jewish figure ever to win delegates… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: Russia, US compete to ally with Kurds in ISIS fight

ANALYSIS: Russia, US compete to ally with Kurds in ISIS fight

Russia-Turkey relations have deteriorated since the crisis over the downing of a Russian aircraft in November.   Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be making another… Read More ›

Jewish groups blast Ted Nugent for anti-Semitic gun control post

Jewish groups blast Ted Nugent for anti-Semitic gun control post

Rock guitarist and NRA board member labels Jewish politicians with Israeli flags, calls them evil for stance on gun laws   Rocker and gun rights… Read More ›

The hot software-as-a-service startups of the last couple of years are getting murdered

The hot software-as-a-service startups of the last couple of years are getting murdered

The stock market had an awful day on Monday, and tech companies were hit harder than most other sectors. But within tech, one segment did particularly poorly: “software… Read More ›

The CEO of one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups has suddenly resigned

The CEO of one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups has suddenly resigned

  Parker Conrad, cofounder and CEO of high-flying Zenefits, which has lately come under attack for missing its revenue projections and running into friction with regulatory agencies,… Read More ›

HARRY DENT: ‘This looks like the beginning of the end’

HARRY DENT: ‘This looks like the beginning of the end’

  Since late 2008, central banks around the world have used unprecedented QE to try and stoke the global economy. Then in June 2014, the… Read More ›

New York – Super Bowl Gets 111.9 Million Viewers, Down From Last Year

New York – Super Bowl Gets 111.9 Million Viewers, Down From Last Year

  New York – Setting television viewership records with the Super Bowl has become almost routine, but this year’s average of 111.9 million viewers for… Read More ›

New York – Despite Defeat, NYC Mayor Vows To Revive Horse Carriage Deal

New York – Despite Defeat, NYC Mayor Vows To Revive Horse Carriage Deal

  New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) is insisting that he will try to revive a plan to limit… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. Defense Intelligence Chief Predicts Increased Islamic State Attacks

Washington – U.S. Defense Intelligence Chief Predicts Increased Islamic State Attacks

  Washington – Islamic State is likely to “increase the pace and lethality” of its transnational attacks, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Director Vincent Stewart said… Read More ›

The smell of success? $115 bottles of British air sold to Chinese buyers

The smell of success? $115 bottles of British air sold to Chinese buyers

  An idea dreamed up out of thin air appears to be earning one businessman some serious money. British entrepreneur Leo De Watts, 27, has… Read More ›

3 mauled as leopard wreaks havoc at Indian school

3 mauled as leopard wreaks havoc at Indian school

New Delhi – Three people were mauled when a leopard entered school grounds in the Indian city of Bangalore, leading officials on an all-day mission to… Read More ›

Intel agencies had hints of ISIS plot before Paris attacks, source says

Intel agencies had hints of ISIS plot before Paris attacks, source says

  Intelligence obtained by Western security agencies before the November 13 Paris attacks indicated as many as 60 ISIS fighters had been deployed by the… Read More ›

UN probe accuses Syria of ‘exterminating’ thousands of prisoners

UN probe accuses Syria of ‘exterminating’ thousands of prisoners

New report says Assad regime guilty of a crime against humanity, calls for sanctions against those responsible   GENEVA, Switzerland — UN investigators accused the… Read More ›

Coalition backs bill that allows MKs to suspend other serving lawmakers

Coalition backs bill that allows MKs to suspend other serving lawmakers

PM calls legislation necessary after Arab MKs met with terrorists’ families, says Israel must ensure basic standards ‘so our democracy doesn’t turn into suicide pact’… Read More ›

Bloomberg confirms he’s considering White House run

Bloomberg confirms he’s considering White House run

Billionaire ex-NY mayor says he’s ‘looking at all options,’ calls presidential race ‘discourse and discussion distressingly banal’   Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor… Read More ›